Top 10 Makeup Brushes That Make ANY Makeup Look Better (+ Dupes!)
IT Cosmetics$50.00- “This I you can use for contouring around the face, even for blending eyeshadow, concealer”▶ 0:56
- “I use it for bronzer, cream bronzer mostly, but I also use it to apply blush. It is so good”▶ 1:11
- “Sometimes you can even blend, I mean not sometimes, you can even blend foundation with this. This is an incredible brush”▶ 1:15
- “I've had this I think of the brushes I'm talking about today aside from one I've had this one the longest. It's incredible”▶ 1:19
e.l.f. Cosmetics$9.00- “This is so so similar to the It Cosmetics”▶ 1:39
- “I find that the way it applies and the way makeup looks afterwards is very similar if not identical to the It Cosmetics Heavenly Luxe”▶ 1:57
- “I love this for blush. This one for blush is so incredible”▶ 2:04
- “I also really like it for bronzer. And it's very soft. It's a great brush”▶ 2:12
- “I use them interchangeably. They're both great brushes”▶ 2:52
MAKE UP FOR EVER$37.00- “I love this brush so much. I love this for concealer”▶ 3:01
- “You can use this for highlighter. I love this. It is just such a good well-rounded brush”▶ 3:08
- “It is a flat brush like this. And it is amazing”▶ 3:12
- “I like it for also more pinpointed work. So, if I want to apply, let's say, a color corrector or something, this just blends everything out like a dream”▶ 3:22
- “What I will say about this when you first get it and you're using it under the eyes, it'll be maybe a week where the bristles, some of them not all of them, for under the eye can be just a touch rough, but that fixes itself and it does an incredible brush”▶ 3:26
- “This is definitely one of my most used brushes”▶ 4:02
Real Techniques$18.99- “They're incredible. And it reminds me really similarly. You can see just they're very similar”▶ 5:13
- “And they're both just as soft as each other and they just I love I love this brush”
- “If you need a powder brush, but you want something more pinpointed, you don't like how bigger ones kind of get too much powder all over your face, a brush like this in a makeup kit just having is game changing”
- “Sometimes I'll use it like to blend out my eyeshadow. I use this. It's such a multi-purpose product. It's incredible”▶ 5:47
Morphe$17
Hourglass$68- “I am absolutely obsessed with this brush”▶ 7:59
- “Both sides of this blend makeup out like a dream”▶ 7:16
- “Just foundation, blush, bronzer, it doesn't matter what it is, liquids, creams. This is an incredible brush”
- “I love this for powder as well”▶ 7:43
- “I love this to apply blush like a powder blush on top of cream”▶ 7:50
- “I talk about this too much, but I'm truly truly truly obsessed with this”
Morphe$15.00- “I absolutely love this brush. It is perfect for powder”▶ 8:15
- “The way that the bristles are just really loose but like you still get a lot of product on the brush and you can kind of just dust off and apply”▶ 8:19
- “This is an incredible one for applying powder blush on top of creams. This is incredible”▶ 8:37
MAKEUP BY MARIO$36.00- “The Make Up By Mario F4 brush is truly the love of my life. It is so incredible”▶ 8:43
- “This side for concealer game changing. This made a huge difference with how concealer was looking under my eyes, especially towards the end of the day”▶ 8:55
- “I love to use this for foundation. I like to use it for creams in general, but I also sometimes dip into a powder with this side powder and just kind of tap around. This is a great multi-purpose brush”
- “I was sleeping on this brush for a really long time because in my mind I was like, 'There's no way. There's no way it's that good.' And then I wanted to kick myself cuz it really is that good”▶ 9:24
- “I don't know what he put in this. But he put his foot in it. And it's so freaking good. It is so incredible. And it really really really does make a difference”▶ 9:43
- “This side specifically for under eye blending concealer. If you feel like concealer sometimes can look a little funny on you or lay a little funny. You don't understand why something works on everyone else, but it doesn't work on you. Try Please try this. It is incredible”▶ 9:54
- “I love this. So, this just like the um It Cosmetics is double-sided, but this I want to make sure you can kind of see the difference. These brushes on this side are slanted”
- “They make pinpointing work even more incredible for under the eyes, for contour”▶ 10:38
- “I love this brush for just going over and like blending eye um eye shadow”
- “This side for blush. I used it for blush today. This side for blush is just incredible”
- “It blends really nicely”▶ 11:32
- “This is also great for bronzer, contour. This works so well”▶ 11:48
- “This is an incredible blush brush. I love this. It blends creams out incredibly”
- “I love all of the Sephora Pro their um blush brushes, but this one specifically is a an all-time fave”▶ 12:21
- “This is such an incredible brush. It blends everything out beautifully”▶ 12:35
- “It's kind of similar in the fact that it's slanted to the um Makeup by Mario the Makeup by Mario F1, but it it they're a little bit looser in the um brush. It's just I really really like this”
- “if you find that like brushes that aren't slanted don't work as well on you for applying blush cuz sometimes you need a slanted brush or at least I do. This is incredible”
- “I have a very small head and a very small face, but it works even on me. So, I feel like this will work on most people”
Hourglass$42.00- “I love this. So, this is kind of a kitten paw style brush”▶ 10:24
- “A brush like this, a kitten paw brush, is life-changing for concealer. It is just so good”▶ 13:40
- “It blends everything out so seamlessly, makes everything look stunning”▶ 13:46
- “It just never does me wrong. Every time I use this, my concealer looks amazing”▶ 13:51
Sephora Collection$24.00- “This is also a kitten paw style brush. And it also blends everything out like a dream”▶ 14:00
- “They're very very similar. They're just not a perfect dupe because the Hourglass brush has more bristles to it. As you can see, it's thicker. So, they are a little bit different in that regard”▶ 14:22
- “The results are very very similar. I really really like the 71 brush”
- “I feel like it's a really nice alternative to the Hourglass brush”
Hourglass$48.00- “I love her so deeply”
- “It's a nice slant, as you can see. I love a brush with a slant. I just do. For blush, it's just amazing”
- “It applies everything so nicely”▶ 15:18
- “It's not super super densely packed in there, but it is densely packed, but the tips aren't as like close together, so when you're applying blush to the cheeks, it's not so intense. It's kind of more like diffused looking”▶ 15:21
- “It is a really incredible brush”
BK Beauty$28- “I've talked about this a lot. This is a really nice alternative to that because again, you can see that the bristles aren't packed super tightly”▶ 15:48
- “They have same kind of like spread between the bristles”▶ 16:10
- “It matches the way that the tips of the Hourglass brush blend stuff”▶ 16:29
- “They're both a really nice option and they both blend blush out beautifully and I feel like this BK Beauty brush is a really nice alternative to the Hourglass brush if you want one”
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